emala baaba

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Header mask

Entry in the main historical catalogue: "Emala baaba". Headdress made of Rothuka wood, helmet-like; with large carved helmet decoration, worn at funeral ceremonies in honour of a slave ("ninga"). Cameroon.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Bafo (?)
Object type
Header mask
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 67 x 22 x 55 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 3744

Provenance and sources

where
Cameroon [Land]
Bamenda [Region]
who
Bafo (?)

who
Zintgraff, Eugen - Collectors

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